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House Bill 1745




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997               HJR 1745

        By Representative Logan






  1                      House Joint Resolution

  2         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to

  3         Section 4 of Article VI of the State

  4         Constitution, relating to suffrage and

  5         elections, to eliminate the disqualification of

  6         a convicted felon to vote and hold office.

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  8  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         That the amendment to Section 4 of Article VI of the

11  State Constitution set forth below is agreed to and shall be

12  submitted to the electors of Florida for approval or rejection

13  at the general election to be held in November 1998:

14         SECTION 4.  Disqualifications.--

15         (a)  No person convicted of a felony, or adjudicated in

16  this or any other state to be mentally incompetent, shall be

17  qualified to vote or hold office until restoration of civil

18  rights or removal of disability.

19         (b)  No person may appear on the ballot for re-election

20  to any of the following offices:

21         (1)  Florida representative,

22         (2)  Florida senator,

23         (3)  Florida Lieutenant governor,

24         (4)  any office of the Florida cabinet,

25         (5)  U.S. Representative from Florida, or

26         (6)  U.S. Senator from Florida

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28  if, by the end of the current term of office, the person will

29  have served (or, but for resignation, would have served) in

30  that office for eight consecutive years.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997               HJR 1745

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  1         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in accordance with the

  2  requirements of section 101.61, Florida Statutes, the title

  3  and substance of the amendment proposed herein shall appear on

  4  the ballot as follows:

  5     REMOVAL OF DISQUALIFICATION OF A CONVICTED FELON TO VOTE

  6                         AND HOLD OFFICE

  7         Proposing an amendment to Section 4 of Article VI of

  8  the State Constitution to eliminate the disqualification of a

  9  convicted felon to vote and hold office.

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